TWINJET info please
 

Hi,

Can any person please provide details of the above operation. I have an interview as a A319CJ Captain.

Salary, T & C

What the co is like, fun, interesting etc

Plans for the future, more a/c, BBJ, GV etc

Thanks in advance for any info

Twinjet Challenger 604
 

Twinjet are advertising today in flight for Challenger 604 crew. Can anyone tell me anything about this company? What they are like to work for? Pay? Conditions etc?

Many thanks. S

Are they UK reg or Bermuda or ??

Saw someone in the middle east looking for experienced 604 crew but the guy they are flying is difficult to work with. Hired and fired at least 20 pilots in the last 2 years.

CD

Didn't Twinjet previously operate a CL604 for a large shipping company a few years back?

I believe their (TWJ) current fleet is two A319CJ (one for sale & one being outfitted in Hamburg) & two ERJ135 Legacies

FC

Is the VIP 727 P4-SKI still with Twinjet ?

Nope, it isn't...!

Speaking of VIP 727s, I applied to be F/O on 727 P4-JLD and was told I needed 2000 Turbine ME PIC or 800FE to fly the panel. This despite the fact that my Dad knows the owner of the airplane and I am of the same ethnic origin as the other pilots. I was given insurance requirements as the reason for the minima. A few months later I found out they're self-insured.

P4-SKI
 

Is not P4-SKI ... Some problems in Beirut..
Now is HZ-SKI ... Going down????:\

Not sure I understand the rationale behind your argument. Just because an aircraft owner provides the insurance it doesn't remove any hours restrictions which the underwriters might stipulate.

As for your belief that being of the same ethnic origin as the rest of the crew (not sure I understand the relevance of that? ever heard of CRM?) and that your Dad knows the owner guarantees you a job in the RHS, I think you might need to have a moment of reality...

Nothing guarantees anything. But one would think a common language besides English would help. As for CRM, I bet I've heard a good deal more about it than you have.

S-NLB, I think. Not worthy of response.

:yuk:

'69

What's S-NLB?

Wasn't really spoiling for a fight, merely pointing out that nepotism doesn't really work much these days (apart from in BA).

Don't know what S-NLB is, but I'm pretty much hoping it's nothing too un-PC...

Seems like you two have kissed & made up, so no point explaining S-NLB. Irrelevant now ;)

:)

'69

If anybody is still interested in the thread, I believe Twinjet would be prepared to pay in the region of £68,000 pa for a 604 Captain. I do not know who owns the aircraft but as is their way, it will probably do a lot of ad hoc charter work at short notice. Seems they are becoming increasingly desperate as they now state their willingness to type rate.

I have heard mixed reports as to what they are like to work for but mostly not positive.

They apparently used to operate a Challenger that belonged to P&O (a shipping company!!)

Any need for an F/O?

Making jet time a requirement is a little daft. Airlines such as Virgin do it, but that is simply to provide an additional filter in the recruitment process to cut down on applicants, which doesn't appear to be a problem for Twinjet. It's not as if the CL604 is a heavy aeroplane either. Twinjet's HR people probably just need to a little reality check in the current recruitment market.

RAFAT
 

I disagree, if I were lucky enough to buy my own jet I sure would like to know that my pilots had jet experience, could save me a lot of money.

Twinjet
 

Anyone care to comment on Twinjet in London.
They have been looking for 604 guys for permanent/contract employment for a long time now...
Are they adding new a/c all the time or are the continiously loosing pilots?

Adding more aircraft...